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Post by wollastoni on May 20, 2015 11:50:22 GMT
Day-flying moths are fantastic lepidoptera and tropical ones are most of the the time breath-taking.
Many of them are rare in collections, but I have the impression that more and more entomologists are collecting them, due to their beauty and to an easier access to tropical material/countries.
Share with us your favorite day-flying moths of your collection.
This is the very rare Argyrolepidia palaea that I caught in West Papua few years ago
More info about this specimen here
I would be very happy to see your day-flying moths collections.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2015 13:11:25 GMT
Taken on the Isle of Portland in Dorset last summer at around 10 am, this has to be one of my favourites.
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Post by cabintom on May 20, 2015 15:29:13 GMT
I must admit (and it'll perhaps soon become apparent) that I really love day-flying moths. (Haven't gotten around to identifying them yet though...)
Up next: pictures!
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Post by cabintom on May 20, 2015 15:35:29 GMT
Unidentified. Caught 4/VII/2014 Nebobongo, Haut-Uele, DRC Terina charmione? Caught 7/XII/2013 Bogoro, Ituri, DRC Chiromachla leuconoe Caught 7/XII/2013 Bogoro, Ituri, DRC Chiromachla perspicua Caught 19/I/2014 Bunia, Ituri, DRC
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Post by cabintom on May 20, 2015 15:39:07 GMT
Unidentified. Caught 1/VII/2014 Nebobongo, Haut-Uele, DRC Heraclia sp. Caught 9/IV/2014 Adi, Ituri, DRC
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Post by cabintom on May 20, 2015 15:47:45 GMT
Amphicallia pactolicus. Caught 3/XII/2013 Near Nia Nia, Ituri, DRC Amphicallia bellatrix. Caught 21/XII/2013 Bunia, Ituri, DRC Alytarchia leonina. Caught 7/IV/2014 Adi, Ituri, DRC Alytarchia amanda. Caught 2-6/I/2014 Lubowa Estates, Kampala, Uganda Phaegorista sp. Caught 22/II/2014 Near Mbogi, Ituri, DRC Phaegorista sp. Caught 1/III/2014 Near Mbogi, Ituri, DRC
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Post by cabintom on May 20, 2015 15:53:05 GMT
Unidentified. Caught 10/IV/2014 Adi, Ituri, DRC Caryatis phileta. Caught 8/III/2014 Near Komanda, Ituri, DRC Colbusa euclidica. Caught 7/III/2014 Shaurimoya, near Komanda, Ituri, DRC
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Post by cabintom on May 20, 2015 15:57:47 GMT
Marmax sp. Caught 28/VI/2014 Nebobongo, Haut-Uele, DRC Euchromia folletii? Caught 28/VI/2014 Nebobongo, Haut-Uele, DRC Amata sp. Caught 11/IV/2014 Adi, Ituri, DRC
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Post by cabintom on May 20, 2015 16:04:49 GMT
Massaga maritona? Caught 7/III/2014 Shaurimoya, near Komanda, Ituri, DRC Unidentified. Caught 7/VII/2014 Nebobongo, Haut-Uele, DRC Unidentified. Caught 22/II/2014 Near Mbogi, Ituri, DRC and that's all! (sorry for all the pics...)
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Post by mygos on May 20, 2015 16:08:35 GMT
Tom, I am always impressed with the quality and precision of your photographs But I won't be able to identify your flying jewels ... A+, Michel
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Post by cabintom on May 20, 2015 16:18:22 GMT
Tom, I am always impressed with the quality and precision of your photographs But I won't be able to identify your flying jewels ... Merci! And no problem, butterflies are hard enough to identify, and that's why I haven't yet made much of an effort to identify these.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2015 16:18:25 GMT
Callimorpha dominula, another superb day flier.
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Post by cabintom on May 20, 2015 19:10:08 GMT
Not all moths caught during a day light are day flying moths. This is a good point and reminded me to note that I can't confirm that 100% of the species I pictured are purely day-fliers (though most of them certainly are). The last one, for instance, is unlike any other day-fliers I've encountered, though, if I remember correctly, I caught it while it was crossing a small river and it was quite cloudy at the time.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2015 19:19:19 GMT
"dominula is not a day flier...it flies during a day only when it is disturbed. Not all moths caught during a day light are day flying moths"
Well if you say so, after all you are the "expert" on all things.
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Post by africaone on May 20, 2015 19:53:35 GMT
Tom, your last is a Saturniidae of the genus Pseudaphelia (probably simplex). I have found two times females laying during the day and sometimes have seen it flying during the day. Most of the day flying moths in Africa are Agaristidae and Zygaenidae (+ some geometridae, Pyralidae, ...). One of the most intresting is the genus Aletis (Geometridae also ressembling a set of Agaristid species of the big more general complex orange/black/white comprising moths and butterflies, including many Limenitidinae such as Euphaedra, Cymothoe,Euptera, Bebearia, ... and Pseudacrea, Danaus, ...) that is the model of a group of Lycaenid species of the genus Pseudaletis (note the name). And this lycaenids looks like the model when flying under forest.
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